NextRadioTV accelerates its digital transformation and network expansion with Dalet

BFM Lyon's new regional channel launches on the Dalet Galaxy convergent platform with a centralized content hub enabling rapid channel deployment and a scalable multi-platform distribution strategy.

NextRadioTV is taking advantage of the platform asset Management, orchestration y edition Dalet Galaxy Media Asset Management (MAM) to launch its new news channel BFM Lyon. Group ownership AlticeNextRadioTV is one of the largest media companies in Europe, with 14 television channels and two radio channels, reaching more than 10 million viewers every day.

A Dalet customer since 2005, NextRadioTV will power its multi-platform content production, broadcast and distribution workflows with Dalet Galaxy for all its leading television, radio and digital channel brands, including BFM Business, BFM Paris, RMC Sport, RMC Story, RMC Découverte and BFMTV, France's most watched news channel. The program's diverse content contains breaking local and national news, global business and financial news, and comprehensive coverage of football, rugby, tennis, boxing and more.

Antoine Robelin, CTO of Broadcast at NextRadioTV, states that "we have an ambitious roadmap both in terms of producing new content and new channels, such as BFM Lyon. Supporting the entire operation with an agile platform like Dalet Galaxy allows us to centralize all our media operations and optimize productions. More than 1,000 journalists and editors can work with the Dalet Galaxy system. They work in collaboration and share their content with all NextRadioTV brands. This gives us great flexibility in terms of to food channels and distribution points, including our new BFM Lyon channel.”

NextRadioTV's digital transformation with Dalet has allowed the group quickly launch new initiatives such as the regional station BFM Lyon, which remains in line with the brand's content strategy in multiple locations. With a reputation for always being the first to broadcast breaking news, Dalet tools help NextRadioTV verify, editorialize and disseminate content before any other media outlet.

"The launch of BFM Lyon, the second regional channel after BFM Paris under Altice France, marks an important step in our network expansion strategy. Thanks to the advanced collaboration framework and powerful connectivity, Dalet Galaxy has helped expand our reach while accelerating a digital transformation that allows us to continue scaling with ease," adds Robelin.

Collaborative management

A single editorial, orchestration and publishing platform Dalet Galaxy MAM powers massive programming multi-channel, multi-format and multi-output of NextRadioTV, from news and sports to radio and long-form shows, allowing individual teams to collaboratively manage everything from content ingestion, editing, graphics and playout, to cross-platform distribution and archives.

Johann Zemmour, General Manager EMEA-APAC at Dalet comments: "Dalet Galaxy's agility is very important to NextRadioTV's product-oriented production approach, where they use a studio to produce a program and decide later where and when the program content will appear on television, radio and digital television. Dalet Galaxy allows them to use their resources independently of their channels, allowing NextRadioTV to leverage a wide range of content for new channels, as well as manage distribution across their multiple platforms in one incredibly efficient way.”

Dalet systems have supported BFMTV programming throughout its history, from a small 50-person newsroom to what is now several hundred simultaneous users and advanced workflows covering all production and broadcast operations. Serving entire operations across multiple locations, Dalet Galaxy systems facilitate immediate content sharing between all departments, supporting desktop editing for news and sports quickly through Dalet OneCut, and advanced packages created in Adobe Premiere Pro CC are seamlessly incorporated into the collaborative workflow through Dalet Xtend.